27 feb, bharatayatra 2008, pune pune was dusty. it was very cold at night. at about 2 am. the temp suddenly dropped below 14 degrees. the small wind that blew across the ground made it worse. still people withstood the climate for darshan. the warmth of amma’s love was covering them. after sunrise, when the […]
“It is only with the heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” So deep and timeless a wisdom spoken between friends in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s ‘The Little Prince’ reflects Amma’s teachings to us. How profound an experience was yesterday’s installation of the Brahmastanam Temple in Mangalore. But what […]
24 feb, bharata yatra 2008 washim, vidharbha, maharashtra. during arati, at the end of the programme in washim, a girl jumped from the stage and joined the arati line, did the arati courageously pushing a lady who is supposed to do it. after waving it few times, she jumped back on to the stage. amma […]
24 feb, bharata yatra 2008 washim, vidharbha, maharashtra. from hyderabad, at 3 am we reached washim. washim is in the vidharbha area, in the state of maharashtra. children and people with their families wide awake, were waiting for amma. the whole street was lit with small oil lamps. people decorated the street in front of […]
Question 45: “What for you is the most accurate description for the ego? Is it ‘selfishness and egoism’? ‘Self importance’? ‘Identification with (a wrong or limited identity)’? Something else?” ——————- To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer clear.
23 feb, bharata yatra 2008, hyderabd to washim the drive from hyderabad to washim is something like from hi-tech to pre-tech; from the head to the heart. on either side of the roads were full with the farms of grapes, oranges, sunflowers, barley and wheat. as we entered maharashtra, one could feel the change of […]
hyderabad, 22 feb, bharata yatra 2008, we crossed karnataka then into andhra state. after some distance our car broke down in the middle of the road. it wouldn’t even move from the spot. there were no apparent reasons why it should not move. where we broke down, there was a temple nearby and a festival […]
Before coming to Mangalore, i had made a resolve that I would find a spot near the spigot where the Tirthum (Abhishekham water) would flow out of the Temple. Inside the Temple, Amma was going to pour a few dozen pots of sacred water imbued with herbs and sacred mantras. The murti’s first Abhishekham – […]
22 feb, bharata yatra, hyderabad, andra pradesh hyderabad was huge programme. there was an LED screen put up in the ground. you could see amma even when u go over the bridge of the far road. so clear and nice. it was so beautiful. it was too cold, in fact chilling at night. the wind […]